"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

60 Million Year-Old Meteorite Strike found on Skye (MyGlasgow News, University of Glasgow ; 15 December 2017) https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/news/peopleprojects/headline_565571_en.html Featured Research Article: Discovery of a meteoritic ejecta layer containing unmelted impacta fragments at the base of Paleocene lavas, Isle of Skye, Scotland (DRAKE et al. , 2017) https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-pdf/doi/10.1130/G39452.1/4008208/g39452.pdf

Heads Up, Earthlings! The Geminids Are Here : Maybe you've already seen a bright meteor streak across the December sky? The annual Geminid meteor shower has arrived. It's a good time to bundle up, go outside and let the universe blow your mind!   (Molly PORTER, NASA ; December 8, 2017)

Trump, Zinke Ruin Holidays, Plan to Giveaway 700,000 Acres of Western Public Lands - WildEarth Guardians Also... Department of the Interior Releases Energy Burdens Report (Press Release,  U. S. Department of the Interior ; October 25, 2017) https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-releases-energy-burdens-report Final Report:  Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy  (October 24, 2017) https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/interior_energy_actions_report_final.pdf

More-Severe Climate Model Predictions Could Be The Most Accurate (Press Release, Carnegie Scence ; December 6, 2017) https://carnegiescience.edu/news/more-severe-climate-model-predictions-could-be-most-accurate Selected Research Articles: An update on Earth's energy balance in light of the latest global observations (STEPHENS et al ., 2012) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5072/438e452d7b8e058248c8814ba18413b14625.pdf Anthropogenic and natural warming inferred from changes in Earth's energy balance (HUBER and KNUTTI, 2011) https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/usys/iac/iac-dam/documents/group/climphys/knutti/publications/huber11natgeo.pdf A Global Climatic Model Based on the Energy Balance of the Earth-Atmospheric System (SELLERS, 1969 ) http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0450(1969)008%3C0392:AGCMBO%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Websites : Future Climate  ( 2014 National Climate Change Assessment - U. S. Global Change Research Pr...

World Soil Day [ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO )] http://www.fao.org/world-soil-day/en/ FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World ( FAO Soils Portal ) http://www.fao.org/soils-portal/soil-survey/soil-maps-and-databases/faounesco-soil-map-of-the-world/en/ Video: The Importance of Soil  ( Chicago Botanic Garden ; August 22, 2013) Websites: The Twelve Orders of Soil Taxonomy [ Natural Resources Conservation Service - U. S. Department of Agriculture ( NRCS-USDA )] https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/edu/?cid=nrcs142p2_053588 Soil Science Society of America https://www.soils.org/

Full Moon Sunday Kicks Off 'Supermoon Trilogy,' Including a Lunar Eclipse (Elizabeth HOWELL, Space.com ; December 2, 2017) A Supermoon Trilogy ( NASA Beta ) https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/news-articles/a-supermoon-trilogy